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As for 15N20 I am fond of this steel and wished it came a little thicker.
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The sad fact as to why it doesn't is because we, as knifemakers, comprise such a small percentage of steel buyers, that steel producers feel we are irreverent from a sales standpoint. Same thing when the steel industry quietly changed the Mn content standards of 1095..... when I figured out what was going on when many folks couldn't get their 1095 to harden, I called a couple of my contacts within the steel industry to question the change. The answers I got were "Knifemakers are such a small percentage of steel buyers, we really don't care what you want." Not the answer I wanted, but at least it was an honest one.
Thank goodness for people like Aldo Bruno....and a very few others who cater to knifemakers.